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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect diagrams support </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Swimlanes</span><span class="f_BodyText"> for all diagram types. Swimlanes are vertical or horizontal bands in a diagram that divide the diagram into logical areas or partitions. In the example below the activities relating to particular entities within the model (e.g. the User, or the back end Repository) are placed within a containing swim lane to indicate their association.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="swimlanes.png" width="705" height="647" border="0" alt="Swimlanes"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To manage swimlanes, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Diagram | Swimlanes and Matrix</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu option to display the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Swimlanes and Matrix</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog. The dialog defaults to the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Swimlanes</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tab.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="swimlanesdialog.png" width="527" height="359" border="0" alt="SwimlanesDialog"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">This dialog enables you to set the orientation (vertical or horizontal), line color and width of the swimlanes, and lock the swimlanes to prevent further movement. You can also specify the font color and bold font, hide names, hide the classifier and show the name in the title bar. Use the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">New, Modify</span><span class="f_BodyText"> and </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Delete</span><span class="f_BodyText"> buttons to change aspects of the selected swimlane. Use the <img src="uphand.png" width="27" height="24" border="0" alt="uphand"> and <img src="downhand.png" width="27" height="24" border="0" alt="downhand"> (up and down) buttons to change the order of swimlanes within the diagram.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you set a background color for a swimlane, it takes on the same shading profile as the main diagram background.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="swimlanes_matrix.htm">Swimlanes Matrix</a></span></li>
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